12/19/2014

Nutcracker Peg Dolls...

Last weekend we took the kids to see The Nutcracker. It's been an annual tradition in our family since Violet was 2 1/2. We are lucky because there is a special, shortened to one hour, performance that a local ballet troop performs one weekend each December. One hour is just the right length, it's really the perfect way to introduce the kids to the ballet. Both Violet and Henry love the magic of the nutcracker and can often be found pretending that they are in the nutcracker themselves! Occasionally even, they will put on a performance for us.

I've always wanted to make them some sort of nutcracker dolls for Christmas but then inevitably end up running out of time. This year though, as I was grocery shopping one day, I noticed these mini tin lunchboxes...

I debated whether or not I should purchase them, for a moment, and then tossed them into my cart. I might not get to fabric dolls this year, but I was going to make them something!

They were tucked into the little lunchboxes and I set them out to greet the kids when they woke the morning of our Nutcracker day. I was out at the gym swimming when they woke and so they waited and waited until I returned home to open them. Oh, they were patient!

I walked in the door wishing them a "Happy Nutcracker Day!" and then ran to their boxes to open them!

I added one extra peg doll into each case as well, one Sugar Plum Fairy and one Uncle Drosselmeyer...

The kids squealed in excitement as they opened their boxes of peg dolls...

And began to play with them immediately...

In fact, moments after they opened their boxes to find a new family of peg dolls they began to design sets and a stage...

And they filled their morning with Nutcracker play, followed by the actual Nutcracker performance. It was a magical day! And, while I knew that they would enjoy the dolls (and not mind their imperfections due to a non-painter mama), it's always nice to see how much they actually do!

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Nutcracker Peg Dolls...

Last weekend we took the kids to see The Nutcracker. It's been an annual tradition in our family since Violet was 2 1/2. We are lucky because there is a special, shortened to one hour, performance that a local ballet troop performs one weekend each December. One hour is just the right length, it's really the perfect way to introduce the kids to the ballet. Both Violet and Henry love the magic of the nutcracker and can often be found pretending that they are in the nutcracker themselves! Occasionally even, they will put on a performance for us.

I've always wanted to make them some sort of nutcracker dolls for Christmas but then inevitably end up running out of time. This year though, as I was grocery shopping one day, I noticed these mini tin lunchboxes...

I debated whether or not I should purchase them, for a moment, and then tossed them into my cart. I might not get to fabric dolls this year, but I was going to make them something!

They were tucked into the little lunchboxes and I set them out to greet the kids when they woke the morning of our Nutcracker day. I was out at the gym swimming when they woke and so they waited and waited until I returned home to open them. Oh, they were patient!

I walked in the door wishing them a "Happy Nutcracker Day!" and then ran to their boxes to open them!

I added one extra peg doll into each case as well, one Sugar Plum Fairy and one Uncle Drosselmeyer...

The kids squealed in excitement as they opened their boxes of peg dolls...

And began to play with them immediately...

In fact, moments after they opened their boxes to find a new family of peg dolls they began to design sets and a stage...

And they filled their morning with Nutcracker play, followed by the actual Nutcracker performance. It was a magical day! And, while I knew that they would enjoy the dolls (and not mind their imperfections due to a non-painter mama), it's always nice to see how much they actually do!

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